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Connecticut Weekly Desk

The star of this particular episode and at the show house epicenter the day before opening, was the interior designer Mario Buatta, a k a the Prince of Chintz. His room is the first one everybody sees when they arrive at the top of the gently curved staircase at 603 Park Avenue.

May 4, 1997nyregionNews

House & Home/Style Desk

Perhaps the rest of the 100 top international designers and architects listed in the January issue of Architectural Digest spent their recent Sunday afternoon in more diligent pursuits, but two of them, Mario Buatta and Thomas Britt, convened in Mr. Britt's Upper East Side maisonette to screen a review copy of a film over lunch.

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PERHAPS the rest of the 100 top international designers and architects listed in the January issue of Architectural Digest spent their recent Sunday afternoon in more diligent pursuits, but two of them, Mario Buatta and Thomas Britt, convened in Mr....

December 20, 2001, Thursday

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November 5, 2000, Sunday

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